Re: parsing SQLERRM ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
Cc: david(dot)sahagian(at)emc(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: parsing SQLERRM ?
Date: 2012-06-15 16:50:08
Message-ID: 29294.1339779008@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> writes:
> david(dot)sahagian(at)emc(dot)com wrote:
>> In my PL/pgSQL stored functions,
>> I want to be able to distinguish which FK-constraint caused the
>> [foreign_key_violation] exception.
>> Is a "robust enough" parsing of SQLERRM actually the best/only way to
>> determine this ?

> I think so.

Yeah, at the moment. There are plans to fix this, but it won't happen
before 9.3 at the earliest.

regards, tom lane

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